Member of Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by
Wladyslaw Lizon
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga East (2003-2007)
In office October 2, 2003 – March 26, 2011
Preceded by
Carl DeFaria
Succeeded by
Dipika Damerla
Personal details
Born
(1966-10-05) October 5, 1966 (age 57) Lisbon, Portugal
Political party
Liberal
Other political affiliations
Ontario Liberal
Spouse
Christine Fonseca
(m. 2003)
Residence(s)
Mississauga, Ontario
Alma mater
University of Oregon, University of Windsor
Occupation
Management consultant
Website
peterfonseca.ca
For other people with a similar name, see Pedro da Fonseca (disambiguation)
Peter FonsecaMP (born October 5, 1966) is a Portuguese-born Canadian politician and former athlete. He is a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville since his election in 2015.
Prior to entering federal politics, Fonseca was a provincial Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Mississauga East (2003-2007) and Mississauga East—Cooksville (2007- 2011). He was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
Fonseca was re-elected his safe Liberal riding of Mississauga East—Cooksville with roughly 53% of the vote in the 2019 federal election and again with 50% of the vote in the 2021 federal election.
In the 44th parliament which was formed after the 2021 federal election (where the governing Liberals were re-elected with an increased minority), Fonseca was selected as the chair of the powerful Finance Committee.
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